The Premier League match report between Wigan Athletic and Chelsea at the DW Stadium on Saturday Sept 26, 2009.
It all comes to an end sooner or later and as Wigan finally managed a victory against a big four team for the first time in 35 attempts, Carlo Ancelotti's perfect start to life in England was no longer.
Titus Bramble got Wigan on their way with an early header and after Didier Drogba equalised five minutes after the restart, Petr Cech felled Hugo Rodallega, earning himself a red card.
Rodallega made no mistake with the penalty ! that followed and 10-man Chelsea worried Wigan only when the hosts began to sit deep in the closing stages before Paul Scharner added a third in added time.
There was little to suggest what might be ahead as, even in the absence of Michael Ballack, Chelsea began with authority and purpose that saw Michael Essien and Nicolas Anelka threaten in the early stages, while Frank Lampard was also narrowly off-target after fine attacking work from Ashley Cole.
But at the back, they looked unconvincing, with the hard work of Jason Scotland, who is in his first season in the top flight after joining from Swansea in the summer, unsettling both John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho.
The Trinidad forward was slipped through by Charles N'Zogbia and had a shot deflected wide off Cech. N'Zogbia was once mistakenly called 'Insomnia' by former manger Joe Kinnear but he made Chelsea pay a heavy price for going to sleep at the resulting corner.!
No-one picked up the Frenchman's long run to receive! a short corner and his clipped cross was headed in by an unmarked Bramble.
After that breakthrough, there was little response from Chelsea, who were struggling to cope with Wigan's aggressive pressing and impressive use of the ball.
Paul Scharner was playing in an unusually advanced role just behind Scotland and the Austrian scooped over from the forward's strong off-load and only a well-timed slide from Terry stopped Scotland firing in after the ex-Swansea man seized on hesitation from Carvalho.
From the corner that followed, Wigan again played short and N'Zogbia's hanging cross was knocked back in for Emmerson Boyce to force a fine block from Cech.
However, the chance of a shock result were severely dented just a minute and a half after the restart when Malouda crossed from the left for Drogba to scuff through Kirkland's legs.
The game was turned on its head again five minutes later when N'Zogbia sent Hugo! Rodallega through and although the Columbian took the ball wide, he was clipped by Cech, with referee Phil Dowd pointing to the post and showing the Czech goalkeeper a straight red card.
Rodallega sent the spot-kick straight down the middle and past substitute goalkeeper Henrique Hilario to restore Wigan's lead.
Other than a Drogba lob over, there was little response from the visitors and when substitute Saloman Kalou swung at thing air after a rare threatening passing move before Scharner tapped in a late third.
